SUPREME COURT.
CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION. By Telegraph.— Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The Supreme Court to-day heard the ease of James ltusael, storekeeper at Northland, versus the Wellington City Corporation, a claim for £284 4s Id expenses and general damages arising out o? a collision between a tram-ear and a grocer's cart on Kar.>ri road in January wet. It was alleged th&t th® motor* man was careless and negligent, anl lost oontaol of his car coming down the hill. For the defence, it was held that pJaurtiff contributed to the accident by allowing liis cart to stand negligently on the line, also that hp lost control of his horses. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £lO4 4s Id, and judgment was entered up accordingly, with COBts. I : - ;, AUCKLAND SESSIONS. Auckland, Lanfc Night. At the Sum-cine Court a Maori, ab.Mil 21 years of age, was admitted to probation far forgery and uttering at Te Ivuiti. For breaches of the conditions of prototion, Daniel Charles McDowell sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labor. Harry Taylo", for forgery and uttering, was sentcnerl to six months in goal.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 25 August 1914, Page 4
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188SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 25 August 1914, Page 4
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